Principal Data Engineer

Morson Human Resources Limited; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 89,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is partnering with a leading investment management firm to hire a Principal Data Engineer in Manchester. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership to shape the organisation’s strategic data platform, centered on Snowflake with a growing data tech ecosystem.

The role focuses on designing scalable data solutions, building robust data pipelines, governance practices and enabling advanced analytics and AI capabilities, while emphasising security, privacy and

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering scalable data platform solutions.
• End-to-end ELT/data pipelines with performance, reliability and maintainability focus.
• Governance, data democratisation and data strategy adherence.
• Experience enabling advanced analytics, AI and machine learning on data platforms.
• Infrastructure as Code development in cloud environments.
• Awareness of data privacy, security and compliance requirements.
• Collaborative work in Agile environments and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering scalable data platform solutions using Snowflake and complementary technologies.
• Building and optimising end-to-end ELT/data pipelines, with a focus on performance, reliability and maintainability.
• Helping shape data strategy, engineering standards and best practices around governance and data democratisation.
• Supporting the adoption of advanced analytics, AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Developing Infrastructure as Code alongside Cloud Engineering.
• Ensuring solutions meet data privacy, security and compliance requirements.
• Working collaboratively within an Agile environment and across the wider business.
• Keeping up with emerging technologies and driving continuous improvement across the platform.

Skills

Snowflake

Snowpark

PySpark

Polars

Dask

Python

SQL

dbt

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Artifactory

Agile

Tools

Docker

Java/Scala

Kafka

Pulsar

Azure Event Hub

Collibra

Apache Iceberg

Apache Arrow

Snowflake AI

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

Job description

Principal Data Engineer

12 Month Contract

Inside IR35 – Up to £800 DOE

Manchester, UK – Hybrid 4 days a week onsite

Morson Edge are partnered with a leading investment management firm who are looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to join their established Data Platform team and play a key role in shaping the organisation’s strategic data platform.

You’ll combine hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, helping define how data is ingested, transformed, governed and made accessible across the business. Snowflake is at the heart of the platform, alongside a growing ecosystem of modern data technologies.

The Role

• Designing and delivering scalable data platform solutions using Snowflake and complementary technologies.
• Building and optimising end‑to‑end ELT/data pipelines, with a focus on performance, reliability and maintainability.
• Helping shape data strategy, engineering standards and best practices around governance and data democratisation.
• Supporting the adoption of advanced analytics, AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Developing Infrastructure as Code alongside Cloud Engineering.
• Ensuring solutions meet data privacy, security and compliance requirements.
• Working collaboratively within an Agile environment and across the wider business.
• Keeping up with emerging technologies and driving continuous improvement across the platform.

What They’re Looking For

Strong experience with:

• Snowflake – Warehouses, Streams/Tasks, Snowpipe, Snowpark, UDFs/Stored Procedures, Time Travel and Cloning.
• Snowpark and end‑to‑end pipeline development. Experience with PySpark, Polars or Dask is also valuable.
• Python, including testing, build tooling and engineering best practices.
• SQL, including Snowflake‑optimised SQL.
• dbt, including Jinja templating, or equivalent transformation frameworks.
• CI/CD, ideally with GitHub Actions, TeamCity or Artifactory.
• Agile software/data engineering environments and modern engineering practices.

Our client is also looking for someone who can work independently, communicate complex technical ideas clearly, collaborate effectively with stakeholders and champion better ways of working.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Docker, Java/Scala, Kafka, Pulsar, Azure Event Hub, Collibra, Apache Iceberg, Apache Arrow, PySpark or AI engineering technologies such as Snowflake AI, LangChain, LlamaIndex or Pinecone would be advantageous.

This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative team and have genuine influence over the development of a modern data platform, with exposure across data engineering, analytics and AI.

*Only candidates who live within a reasonable commuting distance from Manchester will be considered*

*Candidates must reside in the UK and have full working rights, sponsorship is NOT available*